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How the table looks after Newcastle
Luke Littler extended his lead at the top of the Premier League table after he picked up his fourth nightly win in the Toon.
It was another stunning performance from the reigning champ, dropping just FOUR legs all night.
Here are the latest standings after Night 8:
1) Luke Littler...26
2) Luke Humphries...18
3) Michael van Gerwen...13
4) Gerwyn Price...12
5) Rob Cross...12
6) Nathan Aspinall...10
7) Chris Dobey...5
8) Stephen Bunting...0
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Dan the man enjoys night out
As much as the darts fans enjoyed seeing them in attendance, nobody seemed to enjoy the evening more than Dan Burn.
The hero of Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final, with no match this weekend, they could well be painting the town black and white tonight.
They had some entertaining matches to keep them happy throughout the tournament, despite Dobey's early exit.
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Iceman melts facing Voltage
Gerwyn Price had another disappointing showing in Newcastle.
He really could not get started and Cross was looking in impressive form as he quickly took the match away from him.
It was one of those performances where it was just not happening for The Iceman and he was probably glad to get off the stage.
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Bullet firing blanks in Premier League
Stephen Bunting did not manage to shift his curse this evening.
Granted he played an on-form Littler but he was never really in the match at all.
Next week he will play Aspinall and hope to break that duck.
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Big green machine struggling
Michael van Gerwen often shows glimpses of the person he once way.
The fact he is still able to replicate that makes you hopeful he can hit the highs of the past.
Yet he is still not quite clicking and went out in disappointing style against The Asp this evening, despite having been in a dominant position.
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The Nuke detonates in Newcastle
After his nightly win, Littler spoke with Sky Sports about his impressive victory over his mate:
It's another week with more points on the board. I'm set up even more for going into the next couple of weeks. I said to Luke, I don't know how we played that game, we were both tired. But I got myself over the line. As a player, you should be playing against the board. I'm playing too well for them to be doing that as they are playing the board and me.
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Luke Littler beats Luke Humphries 6-1
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Luke Littler* 6-1 Luke Humphries
It looks like for most of the leg, Humphries is going to claw back another leg.
He misses another chance but with Littler on 106 it seems safe.
Nothing is safe with The Nuke around and he hits double 16 with his last dart to secure victory.
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Luke Littler 5-1 *Luke Humphries
We have never seen so many mistakes from the world number one.
He misses another two darts at the doubles in this leg.
Littler hits double tops to move to within touching distance of victory.
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Luke Littler* 4-1 Luke Humphries
Crazy stuff from both players in this leg.
Humphries misses two darts at a double but then that is followed by Littler missing all three.
Cool Hand hits double 4 to give him the slightest glimmer of hope.
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Luke Littler 4-0 *Luke Humphries
Cool Hand is looking a long way from his nickname in this one.
He misses another two darts at a double, gifting another opportunity.
Littler takes out double tops to build an impressive lead.
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Luke Littler* 3-0 Luke Humphries
A ballsy move from Littler as he sets himself up on double tops.
Two good darts from Humphries sees him needing the bullseye for the leg but he narrowly misses.
Littler takes out double tops with his final dart to move into a three-leg lead.
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Luke Littler 2-0 *Luke Humphries
The Nuke is looking to take control of this one.
He gets down to a finish quickest and takes out double tops.
Littler now has the throw to make it three-nil in this final.
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Luke Littler* 1-0 Luke Humphries
Cool Hand bangs in a maximum as a statement of intent.
However, The Nuke returns one in kind.
Littler misses four darts at the doubles, before hitting double 8 with his last dart.
He holds his throw and moves into the lead.
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Luke Littler vs Luke Humphries
Littler is looking to make it back-to-back victories in the Premier League.
Hoping to adding Newcastle to his win in Cardiff.
It is crazy to think he has now thrown 102 maximums this season when he only scored 126 in the entire campaign last year.
We still have nine weeks to go .
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Luke Littler vs Luke Humphries
We have the final everyone loves to see.
Friends off the oche, they use each other as motivation to try and beat each other to this Premier League crown.
Cool Hand led by some way only four weeks ago, now it is The Nuke who is looking to extend his lead at the top with victory in tonight's final in Newcastle.
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Luke Humphries beats Nathan Aspinall 6-5
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Luke Humphries 6-5 *Nathan Aspinall
Cool Hand throws a brilliant 177 to set up a double.
Aspinall is nowhere near a finish but scores 121.
Humphries hits double 4 to book his place in the final.
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Luke Humphries* 5-5 Nathan Aspinall
The Asp digs deep when the pressure is on.
Humphries sets himself up for his next throw, but in doing so, presents a chance for Aspinall.
He takes out double tops with his last dart to take us to a decider.
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Luke Humphries 5-4 *Nathan Aspinall
Humphries has really taken his game up a couple of gears now.
He sets himself up perfectly on double tops with Aspinall in the 130s.
The Asp cannot finish and Cool Hand sees off the leg.
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Luke Humphries* 4-4 Nathan Aspinall
Humphries is currently averaging 104 in this match against Aspinall's 102.
Cool hand is clincal once again as he holds his throw and draws level.
This will be a big test for Aspinall to stop the rot now.
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Luke Humphries 3-4 *Nathan Aspinall
Aspinall gets his set up for a finish very messy.
With 54 remaining, Humphries hit double tops to get a foothold in this game once again.
He moves to within one leg of The Asp.
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Luke Humphries* 2-4 Nathan Aspinall
Aspinall is starting to dominate in this match.
Humphries misses another dart at double and The Asp hits double 16 to break in the match.
He needs to hold his throw now to put Humphries in real trouble.
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Luke Humphries 2-3 *Nathan Aspinall
What a brilliant leg from The Asp.
With 90 remaining, he takes a different route but hits double tops.
All of a sudden, Humphries is in trouble in this semi-final.
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Luke Humphries* 2-2 Nathan Aspinall
Unbelievable visit from Aspinall.
Having thrown 164 in his previous visit, he has 142 remaining.
With two treble 17s, he hits double top for a superb checkout.